Guide to the Gwen J. Bymers Papers,
[ca.1930]-2002.

Collection Number: 23-18-1787

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:

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Compiled by:

Carolyn Smith

Date completed:

Feb. 16, 2004

EAD encoding:

Peter Martinez, Mar. 9, 2004

Date modified:

RMC Staff, December 2012

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Gwen J. Bymers papers, [ca.1930]-2002.

Collection Number:

23-18-1787

Creator:

Gwen J., Bymers 1915-

Quantity:

4.1 cubic ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, course materials.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Includes correspondence, 1960-1976; historical material, ca.1935-1973; and other miscellaneous papers reflecting Bymers' career as a professor of consumer economics.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor emeritus of consumer economics, Cornell University.

Gwen Bymers was born on June 15, 1915. During World War II she joined the Women's Army Corp and after the war, through the GI Bill, obtained her B.A. degree from the University of North Dakota in 1946 and her Ph.D. in economics from U.C.L.A. in 1958. In 1956 Bymers came to Cornell to become an assistant professor in the Dept. of Household Economics and Management. In 1969 she became chair of the newly formed Dept. of Consumer Economics and Public Policy, a position she held for seven years. Gwen Bymers retired in 1977.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, 1960-1976; historical material, ca.1935-1973; publications, photographs, and other papers reflecting Bymers' career as a professor of consumer economics and her work in Ghana.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Bymers, Gwen J.,1915-

Cornell University--Faculty.

Subjects:

Consumers.

Economics.

Ghana--Study and teaching.

College teachers.

Form and Genre Terms:

Photographs.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Gwen J. Bymers papers, #23-18-1787. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence

Boxes 1, 2 and 5

Series II. Department and Course Material

Box 3

Series III. Research and Consumer Education

Box 3

Series IV. Committees, Workshops, and Seminars

Box 4

Series V. Speeches, Talks, and Papers

Box 4

Series VI. Photographs

Box 3, 4 and 5

Series VII. Biographical Material

Box 5

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Series I. Correspondence
1961	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 1
1962	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 2
1963	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 3
1964	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 4
1965	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 5
1966	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 6
1966	Correspondence concerning letter written to AFA	Box 1	Folder 7
1967	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 8
1968	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 9
1969	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 10
1970	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 11
1970	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 12
1970s	Correspondence - Resumes	Box 1	Folder 13
1970s-1980s	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 14
1970s-1990s	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 15
1971	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 16
1971	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 17
1971	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 18
1971	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 19
1971-1972	Correspondence - Sabbatical	Box 1	Folder 20
Spring 1972	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 21
Spring 1972	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 22
Spring 1972	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 23
Spring 1972	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 24
1972-1973	Correspondence - Sabbatical	Box 1	Folder 25
1972-1973	Correspondence - Sabbatical	Box 1	Folder 26
1972-1973	Correspondence - Sabbatical	Box 1	Folder 27
1972-1973	Correspondence - Sabbatical	Box 1	Folder 28
1972-1973	Correspondence - Sabbatical	Box 1	Folder 29
1972-1973	Correspondence - Sabbatical	Box 1	Folder 30
Fall 1973	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 1
Winter 1973-1974	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 2
Spring 1974	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 3
Spring 1974	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 4
Fall 1974	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 5
Fall 1974	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 6
Winter 1975	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 7
Spring 1975	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 8
Summer 1975	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 9
Fall 1975	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 10
Fall 1975	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 11
Spring 1976	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 12
Spring 1976	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 13
1976	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 14
1976	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 15
Fall 1976	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 16
1977	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 17
1980s	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 18
1974	Pan Am Field Study Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 19
1973-1974	Department Memos	Box 2	Folder 20
1976-1977	Memos to Dept. of Consumer Economics and Public Policy	Box 2	Folder 21
1977	Memos and Documents regarding Babcock Professorship	Box 2	Folder 22
1970s	Miscellaneous Memos	Box 2	Folder 23
1970s	Miscellaneous Memos	Box 2	Folder 24
Sept. 1972-April 1973	Letters from Africa	Box 2	Folder 25
1978	Finland	Box 2	Folder 26
1982	Australia and New Zealand	Box 2	Folder 27
1950-1956	Correspondence concerning Gwen's PhD at UCLA	Box 5	Folder 3
1946-1972	Correspondence from Gwen	Box 5	Folder 4
1980; 1995-2002	Correspondence to Gwen	Box 5	Folder 5
1970s	Memos	Box 5	Folder 6
	Series II. Department and Course Material
1968	HEM Policy Issues	Box 3	Folder 1
	Consumer Economics and Public Policy - Policy Issues	Box 3	Folder 2
1985	Sale of 1069 Taughannock Blvd. to Cornell	Box 3	Folder 3
1984	Certificate of Appreciation - Joint Council on Economic Education	Box 3	Folder 4
1971	Documents regarding Better Business Bureau	Box 3	Folder 5
1974-1975	Documents concerning cooperation between CE an NY Attorney General	Box 3	Folder 6
1964-1966	Quality and Credit Work - Correspondence with Osborne from the Federal Reserve Board	Box 3	Folder 7
1965	Credit Risk Material - Sylvia Lane Correspondence	Box 3	Folder 8
1972-1975	Consumer Legislative Issues	Box 3	Folder 9
1967	College Reorganization - Reports	Box 3	Folder 10
1966-1967	College Reorganization - Reports	Box 3	Folder 11
1966-1967	College Study Report - Memos, Correspondence	Box 3	Folder 12
1967	College Focus - College Name Committee Minutes	Box 3	Folder 13
	HEM 698 - Household Economics and Housing; Course Work, Documents	Box 3	Folder 14
	HEM 698 Coursework and Documents	Box 3	Folder 15
1971	AHEA - Accreditation Documents for Undergraduate Programs in Home Economics	Box 3	Folder 16
1971-1972	Dept. Meeting Agendas	Box 3	Folder 17
	Series III. Research and Consumer Education
1956-1963	State Project #72 "Financial Position or Vulnerability Status of Consumer Installment Borrowers"	Box 3	Folder 18
	Field Study Documents	Box 3	Folder 19
1973-1975	Study 690 Survey of Consumer Finances	Box 3	Folder 20
1957-1958	Milk Study - Hatch 210	Box 3	Folder 21
1976	CE & PP Field Study	Box 3	Folder 22
1957-1960	Research - Food Marketing Practices Among O.A.S.I. Recipients Schedules	Box 3	Folder 23
1958-1960	Research - Food Marketing Practices Among O.S.A.I. Recipients, Correspondence	Box 3	Folder 24
	Household Economics & Management, State Project #72, Correspondence	Box 3	Folder 25
1965-1967	State Project #72 - Correspondence	Box 3	Folder 26
1920s-1930s	Standardization - Publications	Box 3	Folder 27
1948	Bad Examples of Writing	Box 3	Folder 28
1920s-1930s	Consumer Education - Historical Material	Box 3	Folder 29
1920s-1930s	Consumer Education - Historical Material	Box 3	Folder 30
1930s	Consumer Education - Historical Material	Box 3	Folder 31
1930s-1940s	Consumer Education - Historical Material	Box 3	Folder 32
1940s-1950s	Consumer Education - Historical Material	Box 3	Folder 33
1970s	Extension Consumer Education - Material from Mary Wood	Box 3	Folder 34
1970s	Extension Consumer Education - New York City	Box 3	Folder 35
1970s	Extension Consumer Education Guidelines - 4H	Box 3	Folder 36
	Series IV. Committees, Workshops, and Seminars
1957	Workshop on Dissemination of Consumer Information in the Dept. of Economics and Household Management	Box 4	Folder 1
1963-1964	Salzburg Seminar - Proposal to have Seminar on Home Economics - Attempt Failed	Box 4	Folder 2
1965	Family Economic Concepts Committee	Box 4	Folder 3
1965	Family Economic Concepts Committee	Box 4	Folder 4
1965	Rationality Question and Home Economics and Management Dept.	Box 4	Folder 5
1971	Institute of Life Insurance Steering Committee that Led to Williamsburg Meeting - Correspondence	Box 4	Folder 6
1970-1971	NYS Woman's Council	Box 4	Folder 7
1972	American Council on Consumer Interests - Dallas Conference	Box 4	Folder 8
1973-1974	American Home Economics Association - Summery of Lake Placid, Conference, Questions to Consider	Box 4	Folder 9
1973	Lake Placid Conference	Box 4	Folder 10
1974	NYSHEA Meeting - Round Table Discussion	Box 4	Folder 11
1974	NYSHEA Questions and Answers	Box 4	Folder 12
1974	Consumers in Common Institute	Box 4	Folder 13
1974-1975	Business Industry Education Council Activities	Box 4	Folder 14
1974-1975	BIE Council Documents (Business Industry Education)	Box 4	Folder 15
1976	Consumer Economics Convening	Box 4	Folder 16
1976	Omicron No Involvement	Box 4	Folder 17
1976	The Institute of Life Insurance Seminar	Box 4	Folder 18
1976	Annual Institute of NYS College of Human Ecology	Box 4	Folder 19
1977	Legislative Workshop	Box 4	Folder 20
	Series V. Speeches, Talks, and Papers
	Idea Folder	Box 4	Folder 21
1960s	Speeches and Talks	Box 4	Folder 22
1960s	Speeches and Talks	Box 4	Folder 23
1960s	Speeches and Talks	Box 4	Folder 24
1960s	Speeches and Talks	Box 4	Folder 25
1964	Outline for Consumer Economics Seminar	Box 4	Folder 26
1970s	Speeches	Box 4	Folder 27
1970s	Speeches	Box 4	Folder 28
1970s	Speeches and Papers	Box 4	Folder 29
1970s	Speeches and Papers	Box 4	Folder 30
1980s	Talks	Box 4	Folder 31
1959-1960	"Food Marketing Practices of Older Households," "What is Consumer Education?" "New Trends in Consumer Goods Marketing that Affect the Homemaker"	Box 4	Folder 32
1960s	"Publications"	Box 4	Folder 33
	"The Consumer Movement and Consumer Education in the U.S."	Box 4	Folder 34
1970's	"American Council on Consumer Interests"	Box 4	Folder 35
1975	"The Consumer in the Ghanaian Economy" by Florence Sai and Gwen Bymers, never published	Box 4	Folder 36
1975	Continued - Ghanaian Economy	Box 4	Folder 37
1975	Continued - Ghanaian Economy	Box 4	Folder 38
1975	Continued - Ghanaian Economy	Box 4	Folder 39
May 1978	"The Grooming and Function of the Consumer Affairs Professional" sponsored by Corning Glass Works	Box 4	Folder 40
1963	"Time Commitment and Financial Position of Installment Debtors"	Box 4	Folder 41
1968	Time Horizons in Family Spending or A Study of Household Investments"	Box 4	Folder 42
1968-1979	"Consumerism" (1979); "Economic Theory and its Relevance to Home Management and Family Economics" (1968)and "Statement" (1974)	Box 5	Folder 7
1979	"Consumer Economics at Cornell: A Chronicle"	Box 5	Folder 8
	Series VI. Photographs
	"Walk by Wood" Ladies-Gwen Bymers, Katy Walker, Mary Wood	Box 4	Folder 43
2000-2001	Photos taken at Kendal	Box 5	Folder 9
	Series VII. Biographical Material
1932-2001	High School Graduation program (1932); Job Offer Telegram (1936); Trip Itinerary (1973); Academic Course Work; Song from Retirement Party; Funeral Program (2001)	Box 5	Folder 1
1967-1975	Articles about Gwen	Box 5	Folder 2

Guide to the Gwen J. Bymers Papers,[ca.1930]-2002.

Collection Number: 23-18-1787

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the Gwen J. Bymers Papers,
[ca.1930]-2002.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library